Sheffield United 3-0 Colchester United: result and report
League One · Saturday 16 February 2013
Result
Sheffield United 3-0 Colchester United
League One · Saturday 16 February 2013, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Sheffield United 3-0 Colchester United: match report
Sheffield United won against Colchester United 3-0 in the League One on Saturday 16 February 2013. The half-time score was 1-0.
B. Robson opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Sheffield United's goals came from B. Robson (4', penalty), Kevin McDonald (73') and Dave Kitson (90+5'). Colchester United did not score.
Discipline: Sheffield United received 2 yellow cards; Colchester United received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sheffield United were 5th on 54 points from 31 and Colchester United 20th on 32 points from 31. Sheffield United went on to finish that season 6th with 78 points, and Colchester United 20th with 51.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Sheffield United win, 4 draws and 0 for Colchester United.
Going into the match Sheffield United's last five read W-W-L-D-L and Colchester United's W-L-W-W-L.
Key events
- 4'Penalty goal · B. Robson
- 22'Yellow card · B. Robson
- 28'Yellow card · J. Thompson
- 63'Yellow card · Tony McMahon
- 63'Yellow card · Freddie Sears
- 73'Goal · Kevin McDonald
- 74'Yellow card · B. Clifford
- 90+3'Yellow card · Jack Compton
- 90+5'Goal · Dave Kitson
Head-to-head
Team news
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Sheffield United expected line-up
George Long, Tony McMahon, Harry Maguire, Marcus Williams, K. McDonald, Ryan Flynn, Nick Blackman, Dave Kitson, Michael Doyle, N. Collins
Colchester United expected line-up
Tom Eastman, Michael Rose, Magnus Okuonghae, Brian Wilson, Craig Eastmond, Marcus Bean, Anthony Wordsworth, Ian Henderson, Jabo Ibehre